Tool-holder.



N. ROSENDALL.

TOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14. 1915.

1 1 92,349. Patented July 25, 1916.

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NELS ROSENDALL, OF VIENNA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TOOL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed October 14, 1915. Serial No. 55,865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELS RosnNDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vienna, in the county of Clark and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for attachment to overalls and adapted to hold pliers or other similar tools ready for use; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of the tool holder. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of'the tool holder, from below. Fig. 4: is a side View of the upper part of the tool holder showing the fastening jaw and lever in an open position.

The holder is formed of spring wire, a length of which is bent double and folded over to form a hoolcshaped loop 2. This loop has a straight horizontal pivot bar 3 formed at the tip of the hook, and the main portion of the wire below the loop is straight and vertical and forms a stem 4, the two stretches of the wire being arranged side by side. 7

The bottom end portion of the holder is bent at a right angle to its stem 4, and comprises two jaws 5, formed by bending the two free end portions of the wire inoppo- These jaws can be sprung apart to a limited extent so that a pair of pliers can be slipped into engagement with them as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

A locking jaw 8 is pivoted on the crossbar 3, and forms one end portion of a bell- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the crank lever 9. This jaw and lever are formed of a metallic plate, the metal at one end portion of the plate having slots 10 cut in it, and the outer portions 12 being bent around so as to encircle the pivot bar 3. The sideportions of the loop 2 are bent over toward each other forming two springs or spring portions 20 which connect the rigid portion of the hook-shaped loop 2 with the members of the stem 4. The springs 20 at the top of the stem permit the jaws 5 to move back and forth so as to hold tools of different size; The jaw 8 is arranged opposite the two members of the stem 4 which are arranged opposite to the middle part of the bar 3.

The hook-shaped loop is slipped over the top portion 15 of the pocket or other convenient part of the overalls or other garment, and the lever is turned as shown in Fig. 1 so that the jaw clamps the portion 15 in the spring loop, and thereby secures the holder firmly to the garment.

The tool is slipped into and out of engagement with the spring jaws 5 as often as desired, and is normally held in a convenient position by them.

What I claim is:

A tool holder formed wholly of wire and comprising a hook-shaped loop which forms a pivot bar, the wires forming the sides of the said loop being bent over toward each other to form two springs, a stem extending crosswise of the middle part of the said pivot bar and formed of two straight extensions of the said springs arranged side by side and having tool holding jaws at their free ends, and a fastening lever pivoted on the said bar and provided with a jaw adapted to clamp a portion of a garment against the two members of the said stem.

In testimony whereof I have afiiXed my signature.

NELS ROSENDALL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

